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Arcade Fire: Madison Square Garden concert streamed globally on Aug 5

  • “ALBUM OF THE YEAR so far in 2010.. an incredible epic.”
    - Fez (our fave Springsteen-broadcasting Promo Mgr), 27.07.10 2.12pm
  • And The Suburbs is their most thrillingly engrossing chapter yet; a complex, captivating work that, several cycles down the line, retains the magic and mystery of that first tentative encounter. You could call it their OK Computer. But it’s arguably better than that.”
    - Mike Diver (BBC), 21.07.10

Having had several days to live with Arcade Fire’s newbie The Suburbs (did you attend our listening session earlier this week?), we’ve  come back to our senses after madly swooning, wiping tears, and air-violining to tracks like to Rococo and Suburban War. It can now be confirmed with a level head that this album is one of the highlights of the past decade. And we wish to witness the opus live.

Fortunately, Arcade Fire are live-streaming their entire NYC Madison Square Garden performance globally on August 5. Tune into their VEVO channel on youtube.com/arcadefirevevo to witness the event:

The show is not just any old gig+webcam combo… we’ll be able to switch between multiple cameras to watch from alternative vantage points and front row to backstage. And if you’ve submitted your suburban photo to the band in time, it may be featured on stage during the show.

If you witnessed Arcade Fire’s last run of Australian shows in 2008, you’ll know just how integral the spectacular visuals are to the performance. Everything from Win’s glowing blacklight shirt to footage of a ranting television preacher at the summation of Antichrist Television Blues, were integrated into electrifying performance.

Arcade Fire - Road to Splendour

Speaking of live shows… all you festival-goers who were stuck in 6hrs of traffic on the road to Splendour couldn’t have missed this little grass stain…

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Latitude Festival 2010

Latitude is a music and arts festival that takes place near the east coast of England in Suffolk. Now in its fifth year, Latitude presents a popular yet relatively niche collection of established artists from a very broad and respected spectrum.

Laura Marling Latitude 2010

I’m currently on a 100% attendance rate and it’s been a real pleasure seeing it mature into the celebration it has become. Unfortunately my veteran status didn’t stop me from taking every wrong turn on the way there, thus turning a three hour trip into a four hour slog.

I digress. Once I had exposed the lying wench within the satnav, I spent a glorious few days in almost unprecedented thirty degree sunshine and in the company of (among very many others) – Empire Of The Sun, Laura Marling, Corinne Bailey Rae, Richard Hawley, Wild Beasts, Chief, Hockey, Yeasayer and a fresh-out-of-retirement Belle And Sebastian.

Empire Of The Sun - Latitude 2010

Empire Of The Sun - Latitude 2010

Check out these photos from a glorious festival weekend, and have a look at the official site to see more of Latitude.

Image credit: John Williams Photography.co.uk

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Masterchef Kids revealed

If you were one of the millions of people (1 in 4 Australians!)  that watched Masterchef’s grand finale last night you would have heard about the kids version coming out soon. Came across the promo spot for it cos it features none other than our Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue’s song Kids which will feature on Rob’s Greatest Hits album out Oct 8 in Australia…

Check it out… cute or annoying? I’m not sure!

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Gorillaz arriving in Australia for Christmas

Given Gorillaz Murdoc Niccal’s affinity for cheesy Australian tunes and cinematic steretypes, he might be shocked when he arrives this December to a land of… frankly, stunning, sophisticated, non-Paul Hogan types. And to be honest, he’s the cartoon character, right?

So the question is: are you more excited for Jamie Hewlett’s Murdoc, 2D, Cyborg Noodle, and Russel… OR for Damon Albarn and his magnificent live crew of Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Shaun Ryder, Gruff  Rhys & co? (let’s see who makes it to Oz).

Having seen the Gorillaz live shows roll out across the UK and US, it looks like we’ll be experiencing the best of both worlds. UK music journo Sasha Perrera described their Camden Roundhouse gig as “a two-hour bonanza of musical entertainment boasting a stacked deck of outstanding collaborators and musicians, overlooked by a giant video screen with interactive, animated visuals.

So without any further ado, we present Gorillaz first ever Australian shows this December:

  • Monday, Dec 6 – Burswood Dome, Perth
  • Wednesday, Dec 8 – Entertainment Centre, Adelaide
  • Saturday, Dec 11 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
  • Thursday, Dec 16 Dec – Entertainment Centre, Sydney
  • Sunday, Dec 19 – Entertainment Centre, Brisbane

Tickets for all shows on sale August 6 at 9AM.

(When I was a teen, I played Clint Eastwood 100x in a row to commit every single line to memory. Now we get to sing it with 2D. Hells yes.)

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Win passes to see Angus & Julia Stone’s iTunes Live from Sydney show

The dreamy* Angus & Julia Stone are bringing their luscious, organic, acoustic sounds to the sleek modernist environs of Sydney’s George St Apple Store this Monday. They’ll perform songs from their album Down The Way (for which The Stones won an ARIA #1 Award last night!)… hopefully alongside Julia’s “pretty fuckin’ rad” (according to Angus) version of You’re The One That I Want from Grease.

For those of you unfamiliar with the iTunes Live from Sydney series, it has featured some of the best of best, with live performances from Paul Dempsey (that show was amaaazing!), The Presets, and Sia. Sets are recorded and sold on iTunes Australia as live EPs – however it’s infinitely preferable to witness them live, right? Read our live review from Angus & Julia’s Sydney Metro show earlier this year.

Angus & Julia Stone at the Apple Store

We have 3 double passes for Angus & Julia’s exclusive iTunes Live from Sydney gig with a very tight crowd of 300 this Monday night, July 26 at 9pm. To be in the running, simply email your name, telephone number, and your favourite Angus & Julia Stone track to admin@theinsoundfromwayout.com. We’ll notify winners by 11am on Monday. Good luck!

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.

* (possibly dreaming whilst on stage)

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The best thing I’ve heard… YOU HAVE TO HEAR THIS ALBUM

…is Washington’s I Believe You Liar.

Washington - I Believe You Liar Make the time to listen to it all the way through. In the short-attention-span world we live in… this is a proper brilliant album from an amazing artist and talent. There is no better value for money than a great album that gives you hours of pleasure and can be your companion on whatever journey you are on in your life. And please people… do not illegally download it or rip it from your friend’s copy. Artists should be paid for creating good art. Major record labels are not evil corporate beasts – well EMI Australia definitely isn’t – We invest the money we make from big superstar artists into signing and developing new local Australian talent.

And although Meg Washington is not signed to EMI – she is one of the most important new Australian talents we have right now in the Aussie music creative community.

And just like a really great whole album of songs, the very best song (the jewel in the crown of the album) is the title track. It’s the last song on the album.

Wow.

That magic moment that made the world stand up and notice – Washington’s amazing Spicks and Specks performance.

The video for How To Tame Lions from Washington’s EP of the same name. Made by GreedyHen and Christopher Morris.

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Win tickets to the Australian Arcade Fire album launch

Arcade. Fire. Requires. No. Further. Explanation.

Those two words send shivers down the spine of innumerable anticipating music aficionados worldwide. Grown men boast about how they wept during their last Arcade Fire performance. Some months back when the new album was announced, audible squeals of delight were heard around the office.

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs You will have heard bits & bobs from Arcade Fire’s third album The Suburbs on the radio and online, however today we’re inviting you to come and listen to the album in full, loud, and on repeat. With copies of the album. And free drinks.

To attend the listening party we’re throwing with Faster Louder in Sydney on the evening of July 27, enter the competition on FasterLouder.com.

I’m counting down to soaring string sections and mourning Win Butler vocals. Oh yes.

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This Week at Domino

We have a stunning new clip from LA four-piece Chief for their forthcoming single Night & Day – available digitally 6th August.

It was filmed at the beautiful Jane Hotel in NYC and was directed by Matt Creed.  Watch Out For liked it so much, they made it their Film Clip of the Week!

Chief are Evan Koga (vocals/guitar), brothers Danny and Michael Fujikawa (on vocals/ guitar and drums, respectively) and Mike Moonves (bass). Written and recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Grammy winner Emery Dobyns, their sun-drenched debut album, Modern Rituals, is due for release on 17th September.

We also have a new video from the Archie Bronson Outfit

Hoola is the second single to be taken from the Coconut album, out now. Instead of making an ordinary video for the single the band turned to friend Alex Smith who edited footage of the long lost British Z-movie classic Hoola to the song. A cult horror film that somehow slipped through the cracks when it was made a few decades ago it follows the adventure of killer brain from space seeking a new host planet – and contains a band sponsored ad break.

Tricky Releases His Murder Weapon

Murder Weapon, released on 27th August, is the addictive first single taken from Tricky’s forthcoming ninth studio album, Mixed Race. Recorded in Paris, where Tricky currently lives, Mixed Race will be available from 24th September and is Tricky’s most direct album to date.

Murder Weapon is a reworking of the classic dancehall hit from Jamaican-born Echo Minott, originally released in the early ‘90s. Tricky first fell in love with the track when someone sang it to him as he walked into a shop, and has been obsessed with it ever since. He was determined to hear how it would sound with a female vocalist (in a similar fashion to his reworking of Black Steel with Martina Topley-Bird). Tricky here enrols Irish-Italian Franky Riley, who has toured as Tricky’s vocalist for two years and makes her recording debut on this album.

Coming soon…

A new Video from The Count and Sinden featuring  Mystery Jets.

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New Video: Swedish House Mafia’s ‘One (Your Name)’ feat. Pharrell

We’re excited.

The incredible new video for Swedish House Mafia One (Your Name) featuring Pharrell has been unleashed. Directed by Christian Larson, the “unofficial 4th member of the group”, the video takes us through vivid scenes of a dark and twisted party filled with a number of sinister looking masked characters. Make sure you stay tuned all the way to the end – it’s kinda gruesome.

Set to be the biggest dance act of the next year, Swedish House Mafia is a (yes, Swedish!) DJ collective made up of superstars Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso. Each have enjoyed individual success with their own acclaimed independent record labels.

Swedish House Mafia - ONE ft Pharrell Axwell’s Axtone is known for hits including I Found You and Watch The Sunrise as well as remixes for Madonna, Pharrell, Roger Sanchez and The Temper Trap. Steve Angello scored a global hit with Show Me Love (with Laidback Luke) and has collaborated with N*E*R*D and Kid Sister. He’s also released his own album The Yearbook on his label Size Records. Sebastian Ingrosso produced the track Cupid Boy on Kylie’s new album whilst his notorious bootleg mix of MGMT’s Kids was an underground sensation which he followed by co-producing How Soon Is Now with David Guetta. He also recently delivered club hit Silvia for Miike Snow (with Dirty South) on his label Refune Records.

These guys are certainly ones to watch.  You can pre-order the remix package of One (Your Name) from iTunes now. And stay tuned as there’s a hot rumour that they’ll be coming to Australia in the new year.

Now can somebody please tell me how I get my hands on that sweet keyboard at the start of the video!?

Swedish House Mafia

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From The Archives: The Sleepy Jackson – (Just Like) Starting Over

We’re on a bit of a John Lennon binge here at In Sound HQ.

So here’s a special ditty we dug up from the archives… The unique vocal stylings of our main man Luke Steele (The Sleepy Jackson, Empire of the Sun) and his version of John Lennon’s (Just Like) Starting Over.

(Just Like) Starting Over was Lennon’s first single from his final album and 1980’s Grammy Album of the Year, Double Fantasy. It eventually becoming his biggest US solo single, staying at #1 for 5 weeks.

Double Fantasy

In celebration of his 70th birthday on October 9 this year, Double Fantasy is being re-presented in a newly remixed stripped down version remixed and produced by Yoko Ono and Jack Douglas, co-producers of the original mix with John Lennon. As Lennon’s 70th approaches, we’ll be seeing a whole festival of commemorative events and releases around the world. Stay tuned.

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